Foldable furniture combination



Jul 8. i924; 1500,388

C. HEUMADER FOLDABLE FURNITURE COIBI NATIQN Filed July 1921 2Sheets-Shes! 1 Patented July 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN HEUMADER, OF ST. JOSEEH, MISSOURI.

FOLDABLE FURNITURE GO'MBINATION.

Application filed July 19,1921. Serial No. 485,823. I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN HEUMADER, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foldable FurnitureCombinations, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of foldable furniturewhich, when folded, forms substantial crates,-in which other pieces offoldable furniture are detachably held,for storage and transportation,and the objects ofmy improvements are, first; to provide a plurality ofpieces of foldable furniture, which shall be simple, substantial anddurable, and of which the smaller pieces of furniture can be crated andheld in the larger ones, without the use of any detached or specialparts, second; to so construct aplurality of pieces of foldablefurniture that the smaller ones of said pieces can be folded and cratedin the larger ones and can be separated and erected by using the minimumamount of labor and time, third; to construct a plurality of foldablepieces of furniture, which shall be neat in appearance, light of weight,and inwhich certain portions of the fabric seats are used as cushionsforprotecting parts of the furniture and objects against which saidpartsareplaced, from injury by abrasion, arising from the vibration of theautomobile or F other vehicle, on which saidfoldable furable campstools, showing the parts in erected position. Fig. 4 is an edge view ofthe stool seen in Fig. 3, its parts being folded. Fig. 5 is a similarview of the camp chair. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the table, seen inFig. 1, showing its parts in folded position, with the camp chair andstools crated therebetween. Fig. 7 is an edge view of the parts seen inFig. 6, showing the fabric seats of the stools, folded in position foracting as cushions. Fig. 8 is a vertical section in detail, of

one of the inner leg securing means, of the table, seen in Fig. 1.

Referring to Fig. 1, each side of the table top 1, is provided with apair of legs, and since the legsof each pair are similar in constructionand operation, but one pair of said legs is described in detail. Thehinge 2 pivotally connectsthe upper end of the leg 3, with said tabletop 1. The opposite end of said leg is detachably connected with theadjacent corner of said table top, (see Fig. 7,) by the. elasticplate4:, through which the aperture 4 is formed, through which aperture, thestud 5 is passed. Said stud is secured in the end portion of said legwhich is adjacent to said plate. The lower ends of the pair of legs3,-are secured together by the tie slat 6, the ends of which slat are.secured on said legs. a

The inner leg 7 is pivotally connected with the outer leg 3, by thepivot 8.. The upper end portion 7 ofsaid leg 7., is formed wedge shaped,(see Fig. 8,) and is inserted in the notch 9, which is formed in oneedge portion of the slat 10. Said slat is secured on the under surfaceof the table top 1, transversely, and near one end of said top. The endsof the diagonally disposed braces 11, are secured on the pair of innerlegs 7, as seen in Figs. 1 and 6, for holdingsaid inner legs and thetherewith connected table top against lateral movement, when said tableis in the position seen-in Fig. 1..

The tie slats 12 and 12 are secured on the lower and upper edges,respectively of said pair of legs 7.

Referring to Fig. 2, the foldable, reclining camp chair comprises thefollowing described parts. The ends of the slats 13 and 14 are securedon the front and the rear edges of the upper and the lower end portionsrespectively, of the outer side pieces 15. The inner side pieces 16 aresimilarly provided with the tie slats 17 and 18.

The ends of the tie slat 19 are secured on the upper edges of theintermediate portions are oscillata-bly connected with said outer sidepieces respectively. The lower ends of said braces are connected by thetie slat 23, the end portions of the lower edge of which are inserted inthe notches 24:, for adjusting and detachably securing said outer sidepieces and the therewith connected parts at various angles ofinclination. Said notches are formed in the upper edges of the rearportions of said inner side pieces.

The upper edge of the sheet 25 (which may be of fabric or leather), issecured on the upper edge of the slat 13, and the lower ed'ge'of saidsheet is secured on the front edge of the slat 17. Said sheet forms theback and the seat of the camp chair.

Referring to Fig. 3, the outer and the innerside pieces 26 and 27respectively are oscillatably connected in pairs by the stool round 28.The upper ends of said outer and innerside pieces respectively, areprovided with the tie pieces 29 and 30, secured thereon. Opposite edgesof the sheet 31 (which maybe of either fabric or leather), are securedon the outer surfaces of said tie pieces. The'p'reviously described campstool is made in duplicate, as seen in Fig. 6.

In the operation of crating the described campchair and stools beneaththe table, with the parts in the positions seen in Figs. 3, 2 and 1, theoperator folds the parts of said camp chair, from the position seen inFig. 2, to the position seen in Fig. 5, after which he places it uponthe slats 6 and 12, of the table, with the slat 14 against the inneredge of the slat 12. Said operator then lifts the end of the table top 1and the therebeneath secured slat 10, until the wedge shaped endportions 7 of the legs 7 are thereby disengaged from the notches 9, seenbest in Fig. 8.

Said operator thereafter, retards the downward movement of the table,which gravitates from the position seen in Fig. 1, to the positionseenin Fig. 7 Said operator then forces said end of said table downward,thereby forcing the lower end portion of the elastic plate 4 past thestud 5, until the latter is in register with the apertures, upon whichthe elasticity of said plate moves its aperture over said stud.

The thusconnected parts secure the camp chair in its position beneaththe table. The two camp stools are folded from the position seen in Fig.3 to the posit-ion seen in Fig. 4,

after which said operator moves said stools 5 from the latter position,to the position seen in Fig. 6, with their legs stopped against the stopstrip 20. He then folds the sheets 31 into the position seen in Fig. 7,for protecting the thus covered parts from abraslon, and forcushioningsaid parts against objects with which they would be in contact intransportation, such as an automobile seat and the like.

7 By reversing the previously described folding and cratingoperations,'the stools, chair and table are easily and quickly separatedand erected, ready for use.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a foldable table, a top, pairs of crossed legs at opposite sides ofthe table top and with one leg of each pair hinged to one end of thetop, a stop depending from the other end of the top and adapted toreceive the upper ends of the other crossed legs there against tosupport the table in set up position; said crossed legs being pivotallyconnested in independent pairs, cross braces. secured against the loweredges of said legs and adapted to support a folded chair there onbetween the legs, and braces secured across the upper edges of the legswhich engage said stop for engagement with the upper side of the foldedchair when the legs are collapsed,.said braces being spaced apart thewidth of said legs to provide an uninterruptedcompartment from end toend of the structure.

In testimony whereof I afl'ix my signature.

CHRISTIAN HEUMADER.

